I decided to use the new St. Louis Centre Memorial Parking Garage last Friday. That was a big mistake. I had already seen the new exterior, but I wanted the opportunity to see the new parking garage built in the floors of the old mall. I must say, it is the most open, light-filled parking…
Tag: St. Louis Centre
Meet the New St. Louis Centre, Same as the Old Centre
What the heck? The new parking garage that replaced the failed St. Louis Centre looks like the old mall, except that it’s black instead of white. See my old pictures of the mall here and here before redevelopment. I like the black entryway for the red granite building; I guess it makes sense. I like…
Progress on the Skybridge
I saw the craziest thing last week coming down Washington around 18th St. I saw Illinois. And the now egregiously obvious I-70 elevated lanes. It’s fun to see a building that has been entombed with another building for 25 years come out from beneath the newer structure.
Skybridge Coming Down
They’re tearing down the bridge over Washington Avenue, and as one poster on the Post-Dispatch comment section said (I know, an intelligent comment from that forum?), you could probably put the officials’ remarks today next to the ones said 25 years ago, and they’d be nearly identical. BS like this will transform downtown, the best…